Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In LBC 's case , for example , the LBC Crown FM is going for the upmarket listener , while the medium wave service , London Talkback Radio , is pitching for the tabloid market and the dedicated followers of phone-ins . |
| 2 | Barclays ' support of the National Trust continues to include a secondment of a Donations Administration Manager based at the Trust 's head office and the annual 48-page full-colour booklet Information for Visitors with Disabilities , which the bank is sponsoring for the sixth year running in 1991 . |
| 3 | This time an overseas crew from South Africa is competing for the first time . |
| 4 | And the whole market — dominated by six firms including Argos and Great Universal Stores — is shrinking for the first time in years . |
| 5 | ‘ This genuine shortage is occurring for the first time ever . |
| 6 | Among those who helped create the public library system in England were the benefactor Andrew Carnegie , whose libraries can be found from Ayr to Brentford , W.H. Smith , whose eponymous book chain still is bookselling for the average English man and woman , and Mr Gladstone . |
| 7 | The Government is pressing for the entire ERM system to be suspended until after France 's referendum on the Maastricht Treaty on Sunday . |
| 8 | erm And if we are going to compete in world sport then erm and if we have to apply like Manchester , who 's applying for the Olympic Games , we have to have the appropriate stadia . |
| 9 | Johan Cruyff is challenging for the European Cup with Barcelona after he had the operation last year . |
| 10 | It is challenging for the same leadership in applications software . |
| 11 | He has kicked the booze , lost weight , and he is itching for the Italian League to get under way . |
| 12 | Therefore , when one comes to section 63(2) one is looking for the additional expense incurred in or in connection with the provision of the benefit . |
| 13 | Therefore , it is said , one is looking for the actual cost of providing that benefit for the employee . |
| 14 | No drama school panel is looking for the ultimate in audition technique but candidates should possess a noticeable degree of competence and self-awareness . |
| 15 | Almost everyone concerned with education is looking for the right direction to go , and there is much talk of leadership . |
| 16 | In association with Farley 's , Boots is looking for the bonniest baby up to the age of months , and the Best Girl and Best Boy up to the age of five . |
| 17 | I mean , I 'm definitely a feminist , but I 'm not a man hater , but I mean I think everyone 's looking for the new term and |
| 18 | The first step is listening for the key issues and emotional concerns of community people . |
| 19 | Jane Maycock is training for the ordained ministry in the Church of England . |
| 20 | Ferranti-Thomson Sonar Systems UK Ltd , based in Stockport , is to use the T9000 Transputer in the Active Dipping Sonar it is developing for the Royal Navy 's £100m Merlin Anti-Submarine Warfare helicopter . |
| 21 | Greenpeace is pushing for the four — Hinkley Point A , Sizewell A , Dungeness A and Bradwell — to be shut immediately . |
| 22 | That in turn is simply ( but not uncontroversially ) defined : the buyer is paying for the future flows of cash that the firm is expected to generate , over and above its costs . |
| 23 | Mr. Kinnock called the figures , ’ a terrible price the country is paying for the Tory Government . ’ |
| 24 | Export sales manager is heading for the Far East shortly to expand the business into other countries , working with Courtaulds interests in Singapore and Hong Kong . |
| 25 | BILL CLINTON has given a chilling warning that Britain 's cosy relationship with the United States is heading for the big freeze when he takes over the White House . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , Cleveland Aid for Romanian Children is heading for the Iasi district of Romania on Sunday . |
| 27 | After all , there has been little in the real world to justify optimism : economic activity has continued to fall — down 2.5% in 1991 and close to 0.8% in 1992 — unemployment is heading for the 3 million mark , business failures in 1992 ran 31% ahead of a year earlier . |
| 28 | The second storyline is going for the wider market , and some might argue , a little too near-the-knuckle for such an early evening show . |
| 29 | Little Polveir is going for the National treble , having already won the Scottish version in 1987 and the Seagram Grand National last season . |
| 30 | Hearts and Aberdeen , who have six players between them in tonight 's starting 11 , have helped Roxburgh while one , the Edinburgh club , is going for the Scottish Cup and the other is involved in that tournament as well as the league championship . |